New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-28
SOME PUBLIC MEN.
NOTES OF THEIR DoINGs AND SAYINGS.


The commander at Goyern,r's Island. Major Ran
dolph. Is an accom- lished gentleman, ne specimen
o. physical manhood, pleasan. companion and a
good story-telcr He has thorough appreciation oil
army discipline. and in talking uptown the other
night he paid high tribute TO his commanding ohcer
General Scho6ell, saying among other things; Ths
General Is of the most careful men IN making up
decisions In the army He writes ont ms opinions
seria,in Then he goes over them carefully ono aeF
the other. making cancellations and corrections as MS
judgment NAV dictate. When he has concluded MS
official statement upon any subject under considera-
ton you may be sure he Is pretty near right 10 -
frequently the case that complaints made TO aim
affecting matters on Governors Island. lie nvaria-
bly, refers them to the commanding officer. that Is
myself for report. II aaT one presses nm ior an
opinion before the report is made he itvanaDly de-
cares that hs has No opinion until be hea-s from me-
That is the kind OF officer one would Ike - serve
I'm der Tor lifetime"
Ex-senator N P. Hill, Of Colorado, who was In the
city Yesterday. has just returned from Bostcn where
he vent on business connected With the stneiting
works which being erected at Chicago oy himself
and Boston capitalists. II Is generally understood by
Colorado people who come East that Mr.. Hill will be
a candidate tor Senator 20 succeed Senator Bowen.
whose torn will expire In March. 1852 lhe l'eg.-
atue 20 be elected this tall will have the selection OF
Senator Bowen's successor. The Colorado hills are
tull of candidates. Mr.. Bowen himself Is am
Others who are mentioned for the position a:e
Edward wolcott. the attorney for the Denver aud
Rio Grande Railroad Ex-Governor Routtj William
man ChiIoott; Ex-Governor samuel Elbert Judge
Hsllett, of the United States Court; ex-Goyern0r
Evans. and Congressman synies There are prop
ably dozen more mi lonares in t'olora'o VINO are
quiet asp,ants for the Senaorship but whose names
have not yet been brought 10 the front.
Talking abou. the Indian affair in Colorado, seua-
tor Hill confirmed the impression already gaming
ground here that 1t Ia tempest IN teapot" ssid
he " There is OCCASION tor excitement o'et .his
affair Ii you read the dispatches you viii 'hinK Una,
the frontier is ablaze aud massacres to be expected
every minute. don't believe that there is nan IN
old Colorow's band who wants 10 hart any body or
has any disposition to 20 on kliiing e1peoition
The author ties have lost their heads There may DC
two or three men VINO are hiding out Who are wanted
tor Offences but there Is no Indian uprising and the
whole thing in the nature OF roaring ince"
There are few theatre manager. who think batter
of the than John Stetson He holds the belief
that the whole world has heard OF bim. This was
ilIustrs ted bv story told by John Hongsheed. the
veteran London Manager, when he was recently IN
America. He was telling about tho requests that
came to BIN from brother managers In America
when be sad /" think was never stumped but
once. II eight OF nine years ago that got a
cable message one day which read Send me bur
lesque boy by NEXT steamer. John Stetson.' Now,
| didn't know Jobu Stetson. had never had any
communication With him. l had never heard OF him.
TO be asked 20 scnd actor across the water aud
make ones self liable for the salary aud consequent
expenses and all the cable OF &c al stranger
was little too much. never answered tDat oaoie
Oh, presume he 10 jolly good fellow. no DOUBT,
and he thought knew all about hili, but dun q,
that time
Ex-senator Roscoe Conklng occasion ally turns the
heads of his span of roadsters away from Central
Park for a spin out the Boulevard. IL has been
noticed that such occasions as be passes the tomb
OF General Grant he Invariably raises his hat and
| tha hu hnlf nN tnF
q u.oment
Tho weil-known figure, dark face and black aide
wh.skers OF sJerry Batter, of Tennessee, have
peen seen In and around Wall Street tor two three
days He has OF tho semi ministerial garb which
he last winter and has plain business suit and
black souch hat OF the Western type. The change 10
possibly due 10 his successful scck operations lie Ia
brother OF the head OF the Tennessee Coal aud Iron
Company and while he operating independently
OF his brother had the good Judgment 10 sell out HE
holdings whom the stock touched last winter and,
1t is said, went homo to Nashville with over
S2o0,000 In cash TO his credit.
The business manager OF "1hs New-York Sun"
W. NJ Lafian, Is lover OF artistic pottery, of which be
has large and fine collection in his house in Lexng-
ton ave- lie had Gillian thu cArioonst, up there to
dinner recently ana the artist inspected the pottery
| with great curiosity. Mr.. Laffan showed him two
vases OF about the sizeone delicately tinted
bine and the other finely tinted red. When Gillian
had ceased mis- inspection OF the two Mr. Laan
asked which he thought was the fner The artist in.
dictated the red his CHOICE, but added depreoat
| pgly that he knew very little about such things.
fi1mph" was the collectors disguised reply as he
Get the vases away. Ill Is very evident that you
| don't know about such things That vase cost me
| Sl6, while the blue cost III ,5O0.'
| From an old friend OF her family, heard yesterday
| u bit of history OF Miss Msnola, who Is singing In
| a Belman at W4llsok's in McCsais Opera Com
| pany. Miss Manola 10 the daughter OF aJudge IN
| Western State. She married years ago, somewhat
against her fathers judgment, the financial agent Of
an iron concern Ia of the lake cities. lie spent
money literally on bis accomplished young wife
lived extravagsntly and grad uay be1ame involved
IN business. Tho young wife had received hns
musical eduoation. rhey went abroad tor time and
then abe took up the stage q profession. Her nus
band Ia also member OF the McCaull Company.
The Tennessee Coal anu Iron Company stocks made
havoc with three spectators during tho last
year. after having first apparently made large
fortunes for them. am told that w. A. Duncan
who Ia known as the Prince Of Nashville had 1t one
time $3.50 600 profits to his credit In Newfork ~ the
result of operations In this stock. Before summed
cIosed In on him he had lost every dollar OF thii
amount His friends say be Is coming out on TOP II
later operations.